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Classic City News
Dec 8, 20242 min read
This Trumpside-down world
President-elect Trump said in his first go-round as president that he would choose the “best people.” And indeed, several members of his...
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Classic City News
Dec 3, 20241 min read
He’s my kid, is all he should say
By Albert DeSimone I believe I’m on solid ground when I say most parents would do anything for their children. Joe Biden is a father and...
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Classic City News
Dec 2, 20243 min read
Requiem for Bernie
By T.W. Burger I didn't try to count the number of people in the church. It was a good-sized crowd. I wasn't there on assignment, but on...
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Classic City News
Dec 2, 20241 min read
Nepotism alive and well in America
After months of swearing he would absolutely NOT interfere in the judicial process or issue a presidential pardon to his son, who is a...
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Classic City News
Dec 1, 20241 min read
We are all in this together
By Richard Burt There is a great divide in this country, but MAGA politicians do not want us to notice: the top 1% of Americans holds 10...
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Classic City News
Nov 27, 20241 min read
2024 Election was not a mandate
By Albert DeSimone American voters didn’t issue a mandate; they registered a complaint. The issues surrounding COVID and the economic...
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Classic City News
Nov 24, 20244 min read
Honoring Deborah Gonzalez: A Legacy of Civil Rights and Community Advocacy
Deborah Gonzalez is a civil rights leader, and I was proud when she served as our District Attorney in Athens-Clarke County. Anyone who...
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Classic City News
Nov 21, 20244 min read
At home on the cosmic camper
By T.W. Burger It had been a long walk in the muck, on legs that had spent too much time tucked under a computer table. And I will...
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Classic City News
Nov 14, 20242 min read
Thoughts on scratch'n sniff news
By T.W. Burger It is often true that we do not take full advantage of the technologies available to us. Nowhere is this more true than in...
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Classic City News
Nov 13, 20242 min read
Problems at the border
By Jim Baird Western Europe and the United States both loom large and stand shoulder to shoulder as they cast together the centuries-long...
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Classic City News
Nov 11, 20244 min read
A dose of culture at Joe's place
By T.W. Burger I would have loved to meet Joe Delaney. Finding Joe’s place was dumb luck, really. Most of my attention had been given to...
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Classic City News
Nov 9, 20243 min read
Nobody and the graveyard raid
By T.W. Burger It is not a very large cemetery, tucked away between the back end of a large brick church and a row of some houses that...
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Classic City News
Nov 9, 20246 min read
A Little Weird: Fare thee well, Geordie
By Eddie Whitlock You don’t know people very often. You know a little slice of a little facet of most of them. There are a few you get to...
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Classic City News
Oct 29, 20245 min read
A Little Weird: We are the monsters
By Eddie Whitlock We are the monsters. At least, that’s my goal. It’s that time of year. It’s my favorite time of year: Halloween. When...
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Classic City News
Oct 27, 20241 min read
The continuing struggle for control over women’s bodies
By Peggy Perkins In the 19th century, Vice Crusader Anthony Comstock lobbied Congress to make it a crime to possess, distribute, or...
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Classic City News
Oct 23, 20243 min read
Gonzalez statements after second district attorney candidates debate
The following was released by the Deborah Gonzalez for district attorney campaign: District Attorney Deborah Gonzalez engaged with a...
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Classic City News
Oct 23, 20241 min read
Lessons in hatred
Dear Editor, Candidates Donald J. Trump and J.D. Vance see their path to election as persuading us that we must fear and hate a long list...
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Classic City News
Oct 23, 20243 min read
Never met a stranger: Celebration of summer in a jar
By T.W. Burger I could not help but note that the man extracting honey from the combs in the Langsroth frames looked almost bearlike;...
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Classic City News
Oct 22, 20241 min read
Athens animal shelter in need of donated newspapers
Due to the high number of ringworm cases at the shelter, we will be using an increased amount of newspaper in order to properly clean and...
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Classic City News
Oct 21, 20244 min read
District Attorney’s Marsy’s Law violations further traumatize crime victims
By Christine Scartz At the September 2024 meeting in Athens, Attorney Kevin Epps told the audience that he researched Marsy’s Law...
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